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May
03
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2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan conflict The prosecutor general's office of Tajikistan launches a criminal investigation into servicemen and citizens of Kyrgyzstan f

2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan conflict The prosecutor general's office of Tajikistan launches a criminal investigation into servicemen and citizens of Kyrgyzstan for "unleashing an aggressive war". (Trend News Agency) The Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office accuses the Tajikistan Armed Forces of invading the country and seizing their sovereign territory. (Katkus Media)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 3, 2021
May
03
War / Conflict / Security

Insurgency in the Maghreb 2021 Niger attacks Sixteen Nigerien soldiers are killed and six others wounded when their patrol is ambushed in Tahoua.

Insurgency in the Maghreb 2021 Niger attacks Sixteen Nigerien soldiers are killed and six others wounded when their patrol is ambushed in Tahoua. (Al Jazeera) Kodyel attack At least 30 civilians are killed and 20 more wounded as several armed men assault a village in Foutouri, Burkina Faso. It is one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 3, 2021
May
03
War / Conflict / Security

Internal conflict in Myanmar The Kachin Independence Army says that it shot down a military helicopter of the armed forces.

Internal conflict in Myanmar The Kachin Independence Army says that it shot down a military helicopter of the armed forces. The separatist group's information department head reported that they were attacked with airstrikes and that they shot back. In a separate incident, a junta-appointed local administrator is stabbed to death in Yangon. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 3, 2021
May
04
War / Conflict / Security

War in Afghanistan 2021 withdrawal of U.S.

War in Afghanistan 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan Afghan security forces fight a huge offensive by the Taliban in Helmand as the United States begins to withdraw troops from the country before the final deadline of September 11. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 4, 2021
May
04
War / Conflict / Security

2021 Colombian protests The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns the excessive use of force by Colombian security forces dur

2021 Colombian protests The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns the excessive use of force by Colombian security forces during the ongoing protests that have killed at least 19 civilians. (Al Jazeera) The European Union calls for Colombia's security forces to avoid excessive force amidst the ongoing protests. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 4, 2021
May
08
War / Conflict / Security

War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul school bombing A bombing outside a school in a Hazara area of Kabul kills 58 people and injures more than

War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul school bombing A bombing outside a school in a Hazara area of Kabul kills 58 people and injures more than 150 others. The majority of the casualties are schoolgirls. The Taliban denies involvement in the attack, which is the deadliest in Afghanistan so far this year. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 8, 2021
May
08
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2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul school bombing A bombing outside a school in a Hazara area of Kabul kills 58 people and injures more than 150 others.

2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul school bombing A bombing outside a school in a Hazara area of Kabul kills 58 people and injures more than 150 others. The majority of the casualties are schoolgirls. The Taliban denies involvement in the attack, which is the deadliest in Afghanistan so far this year. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 8, 2021
May
08
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2021 Kabul school bombing A bombing outside a school in a Hazara area of Kabul kills 58 people and injures more than 150 others.

2021 Kabul school bombing A bombing outside a school in a Hazara area of Kabul kills 58 people and injures more than 150 others. The majority of the casualties are schoolgirls. The Taliban denies involvement in the attack, which is the deadliest in Afghanistan so far this year. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 8, 2021
May
09
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War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul school bombing The death toll from yesterday's school bombing in Kabul increases to 68 people.

War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul school bombing The death toll from yesterday's school bombing in Kabul increases to 68 people. (Reuters) With multiple electricity pylons near Kabul being destroyed by bomb blasts, electricity supplier Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) is reporting a shortage of 530 megawatts of power and announced that it will take 20 days to repair the destroyed pylons. Residents are accusing DABS of discrimination during these outages, as the capital's elite had 24-hour electricity. (TOLO News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 9, 2021
May
09
War / Conflict / Security

2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul school bombing The death toll from yesterday's school bombing in Kabul increases to 68 people.

2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul school bombing The death toll from yesterday's school bombing in Kabul increases to 68 people. (Reuters) With multiple electricity pylons near Kabul being destroyed by bomb blasts, electricity supplier Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) is reporting a shortage of 530 megawatts of power and announced that it will take 20 days to repair the destroyed pylons. Residents are accusing DABS of discrimination during these outages, as the capital's elite had 24-hour electricity. (TOLO News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 9, 2021
May
10
War / Conflict / Security

Sources in Russia's defense industry report that Russia will be carrying out three tests of the RS-28 Sarmat hypersonic ICBM during the third quarter of 2021 at

Sources in Russia's defense industry report that Russia will be carrying out three tests of the RS-28 Sarmat hypersonic ICBM during the third quarter of 2021 at the Kura Missile Test Range in Kamchatka Krai as part of flight design tests. Two of the tests are expected to test maximum capabilities for the ICBM with a specified range of 18,000 km and speeds of around Mach 20, prior to final deployment with the armed forces in 2022. (TASS)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 10, 2021
May
11
War / Conflict / Security

Israel launches another series of strikes in the Gaza Strip, killing eight people and wounding several others, thereby bringing the total death toll from the st

Israel launches another series of strikes in the Gaza Strip, killing eight people and wounding several others, thereby bringing the total death toll from the strikes to 32. The Hanadi Tower is also destroyed during the incident. Hamas responds to the attacks by launching rockets towards Israel, including several towards Tel Aviv, killing three people. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 11, 2021
May
12
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Afghan officials confirm that Nirkh District, in Maidan Wardak Province, was captured by the Taliban yesterday as the group seized the district building and set

Afghan officials confirm that Nirkh District, in Maidan Wardak Province, was captured by the Taliban yesterday as the group seized the district building and set it on fire after days of intense siege. Attacks by the group have significantly increased as United States troops have started to withdraw from the country before the final deadline of September 11. (DW)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 12, 2021
May
12
War / Conflict / Security

Mullah Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Rasul, is wounded and left in a coma after attackers target the area where h

Mullah Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Rasul, is wounded and left in a coma after attackers target the area where he lived in Herat Province. Three of Niazi's men are also killed and four others wounded during the clash. (TOLO News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 12, 2021
May
13
War / Conflict / Security

2021 Afghanistan attacks Four separate bombings kill eleven civilians and injure many others across the country as the three-day ceasefire declared by the Talib

2021 Afghanistan attacks Four separate bombings kill eleven civilians and injure many others across the country as the three-day ceasefire declared by the Taliban to observe Eid al-Fitr remains in place. No group claims responsibility for any of the bombings. (Reuters) A week after two power pylons were destroyed in Kabul's Mir Bacha Kot district, an unidentified man blows up another power plant in Kalakan District on Wednesday night, removing a further 260 megawatts of electricity imported from Uzbekistan. (TOLO News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 13, 2021
May
14
War / Conflict / Security

War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul mosque bombing Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 others are wounded when a bomb explode

War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul mosque bombing Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 others are wounded when a bomb explodes inside a mosque in the Shakardara District on the outskirts of Kabul. The Taliban condemns the attack, for which nobody has so far claimed responsibility. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 14, 2021
May
14
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2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul mosque bombing Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 others are wounded when a bomb explodes inside a mosque i

2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul mosque bombing Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 others are wounded when a bomb explodes inside a mosque in the Shakardara District on the outskirts of Kabul. The Taliban condemns the attack, for which nobody has so far claimed responsibility. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 14, 2021
May
14
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2021 Kabul mosque bombing Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 others are wounded when a bomb explodes inside a mosque in the Shakardara District

2021 Kabul mosque bombing Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 others are wounded when a bomb explodes inside a mosque in the Shakardara District on the outskirts of Kabul. The Taliban condemns the attack, for which nobody has so far claimed responsibility. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 14, 2021
May
17
War / Conflict / Security

International protests over the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Protesters gather in Sanaa, Yemen, to protest Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip.

International protests over the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Protesters gather in Sanaa, Yemen, to protest Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip. During the protest, demonstrators are seen calling for a boycott of Israeli and American goods, as well as chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel". (Al-Ahram)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 17, 2021
May
18
War / Conflict / Security

COVID-19 pandemic in Austria Austria announces that they will phase out the Oxford-AstraZeneca from its vaccination programme because of delivery problems and w

COVID-19 pandemic in Austria Austria announces that they will phase out the Oxford-AstraZeneca from its vaccination programme because of delivery problems and wariness among the population following reports of the vaccine's rare side-effects. (The Local Austria)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 18, 2021
May
18
War / Conflict / Security

Libya–Tunisia relations Tunisia's flag carrier Tunisair announces that it has resumed services to Libya in light of the UN-sponsored peace agreement, becoming t

Libya–Tunisia relations Tunisia's flag carrier Tunisair announces that it has resumed services to Libya in light of the UN-sponsored peace agreement, becoming the first foreign airline to connect to the country since the outbreak of the Second Libyan Civil War seven years ago. Yesterday, the airline flew its first flights to Benghazi and Tripoli, and it has scheduled five flights to both cities each week. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 18, 2021
May
18
War / Conflict / Security

Tunisia's flag carrier Tunisair announces that it has resumed services to Libya in light of the UN-sponsored peace agreement, becoming the first foreign airline

Tunisia's flag carrier Tunisair announces that it has resumed services to Libya in light of the UN-sponsored peace agreement, becoming the first foreign airline to connect to the country since the outbreak of the Second Libyan Civil War seven years ago. Yesterday, the airline flew its first flights to Benghazi and Tripoli, and it has scheduled five flights to both cities each week. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 18, 2021
May
20
War / Conflict / Security

Boko Haram insurgency Nigerian intelligence officials say that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has either been killed or critically injured after detonating e

Boko Haram insurgency Nigerian intelligence officials say that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has either been killed or critically injured after detonating explosives in his house to avoid capture from the rival IS–West African Province faction. Several other Boko Haram members are also killed in the attack. However, no secondary sources have confirmed Shekau's death. (The Guardian)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 20, 2021
May
20
War / Conflict / Security

Nigerian intelligence officials say that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has either been killed or critically injured after detonating explosives in his house

Nigerian intelligence officials say that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has either been killed or critically injured after detonating explosives in his house to avoid capture from the rival IS–West African Province faction. Several other Boko Haram members are also killed in the attack. However, no secondary sources have confirmed Shekau's death. (The Guardian)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 20, 2021
May
20
War / Conflict / Security

2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire in order to stop airstrikes in Gaza and the launching of rockets in Israel.

2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire in order to stop airstrikes in Gaza and the launching of rockets in Israel. The 11 days of conflict have killed 232 people in Gaza and 11 in Israel. Egypt agrees to observe the implementation of the ceasefire. (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 20, 2021
May
20
War / Conflict / Security

International protests over the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis In Midtown Manhattan, pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters clash at Times Square despite a cea

International protests over the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis In Midtown Manhattan, pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters clash at Times Square despite a ceasefire being announced between Israel and Hamas militants. One protester suffers a minor burn after fireworks were thrown from a car. (Fox News) (Newsweek)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | May 20, 2021
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